Originally Posted by
golfingboy
Not sure about the $7K figure, but most UA GF tickets for a typical biz travel day are between $10-15K with some close in tickets retailing close to $20K.
June 23-27 (typical business travel and slightly under 2 weeks in advance)
Random searches
BOS-ICN - $10,057
IAD-NRT - $15,343 (20K+ for nonstop)
LAX-SYD - $14,623
EWR-LHR - $8,130
ORD-HKG - $13,995 (18K for nonstop)
Most GF customers will get screwed here.
OK but again, how is anyone getting "screwed". In all of these cases you list people will be earning MORE miles than they do today.
They're only getting "screwed" insofar as you're complaining that United didn't do ENOUGH to separate their RDM earning from those peons in the back.